Waiting For Nesara

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All Rise...

Jesus is coming back in a spaceship?!? Judge David Johnson hopes he locks his S-foils in attack position.

The Charge

Blessed are those who believe without seeing.

The Case

Ever hear of NESARA? According to The Open Mind Forum, NESARA (National
Economic Stabilization and Recovery Act) will represent the dawning of a new
chapter in the United States—and a much-welcome one at that. The Open Mind
Forum is the subject of Zeb and Elisa Haradon's documentary. Comprised mainly of
excommunicated Mormons, this collective meets in the back room of the local
Kentucky Fried Chicken, and discuss the impending changes that will accompany
the official implementation of NESARA, a bill supposedly signed by Bill Clinton
but withheld by sinister forces. Once the bill passes, the IRS will be
abolished, all personal debt will be forgiven, Congress will be jettisoned and
the current administration will be replaced by a new, purer form of a
constitutional government. To lead this government, the Man himself, Jesus
Christ, will return to Earth aboard a UFO. George Bush, Tony Blair, Dick Cheney,
Donald Rumsfeld and a host of other world leaders will be exposed as the evil
reptilians they are and booted out of office. For The Open Mind Forum, life on
Earth will then be fantastic! I guess they're a cult, though they have less a
discernible doctrine and more a stream of consciousness fueled by New Age
hodgepodge and Star Trek reruns.

A married couple, Jim and Marge, are the focal point of the documentary.
They lead The Open Mind Forum, facilitating the discussions and prophecy-spewing
in the KFC meeting room, and imparting the latest info from the head honcho Dove
of Oneness, as well as an assemblage of conduits to the Galactic Council. A
dozen or so believers show up to the meetings, all of whom have a story of alien
abduction or lizard-man encounters to share with each other. As the War in Iraq
looms, The Open Mind Forum clings to the belief that spaceships will arrive soon
to thwart the machinations of George Bush and prompt the release of NESARA.

I'm all for people believing whatever they want (as long as the belief
doesn't translate into explosions on mass transit conveyances), and I'm sure
more than a few people would label my belief in the divinity and
universe-creating power of a 30-something Jewish carpenter to be utter fiction,
but these people are bat-@#$% crazy. It is, however, a harmless and strangely
endearing brand of bat-@#$% crazy and a part of me couldn't help but feel a
teensy bit sorry for these lovably, insane kids.

The fact that this
film isn't a hit-piece at the expanse of The Open Mind Forum is a testament to
the skill of the filmmakers. Do these guys come across as out of their gourd?
Sure, but I never thought they were a freakish sideshow, filmed and harpooned
for my laughter and derision. The Haradons humanized their subjects, and when
the film ended I simply thought: "Wow, these are nice people. They've found
purpose in their lives. And they're cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs." One scene in
particular stands out to me: Marge is reading the latest dispatch from whatever
cruel, anonymous wacko is sending out galactic instructions, and begins choking
up midway through. She obviously believes this with all of her heart, to the
point where talking about Jesus flying around in a UFO and engaging terrestrial
reptile-men gets her misty-eyed. Fascinating.

We know how the drama of spaceships arriving to prevent The Iraq War panned
out (I didn't notice any) and I felt the pangs of sympathy for The Open Mind
Forum as their worldview came crashing down around them. Perhaps that's the
greatest compliment I can give to the Haradons and their prowess as filmmakers.
They made me feel for these characters, no matter how detached from reality I
thought they were.